<b><font size="4">"introduction"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>the first section of a communication </li> <li>the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" [syn: <a href="../debut.html">debut</a>, <a href="/">first appearance</a>, <a href="../launching.html">launching</a>, <a href="../unveiling.html">unveiling</a>, <a href="../entry.html">entry</a>] </li> <li>formally making a person known to another or to the public [syn: <a href="../presentation.html">presentation</a>, <a href="../intro.html">intro</a>] </li> <li>a basic or elementary instructional text </li> <li>a new proposal; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives" </li> <li>the act of putting one thing into another [syn: <a href="../insertion.html">insertion</a>, <a href="../intromission.html">intromission</a>] </li> <li>the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction" [syn: <a href="../initiation.html">initiation</a>, <a href="../founding.html">founding</a>, <a href="../foundation.html">foundation</a>, <a href="../institution.html">institution</a>, <a href="../origination.html">origination</a>, <a href="../creation.html">creation</a>, <a href="../innovation.html">innovation</a>, <a href="../instauration.html">instauration</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../introduction.html">http://www.word.sc/introduction</a>

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